PSYC10000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6-7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
18 Oct 2016
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Agoraphobia: phobic disorder; afraid you cannot escape the thing you have a phobia from. The film ni(cid:373)"s isla(cid:374)d the author had never left her house in fear of coming in contact with unsanitary objects. Antisocial personality disorder: (psychopath vs. sociopath) characterized by disregard of others. Can be deceitful, intimidating and inconsiderate of others. Anxiety disorders: characterized by an uneasy feeling of discomfort or the belief something is going to happen (apprehension) Uneasy about grades believe that they will become very bad launching a snowball effect of misfortune. Bipolar disorders: bipolar 1 & 2; 1 is very severe mania, very severe clinical depression, 2 is mania is a little more intense than depression. Being extremely depressed cannot get up, and then being overly energetic, very active. Conversion disorders: physically able to use a body part (nothing physically wrong) but stress inhibits it. Before a major presentation, unable to speak or before an exam lose control of right hand.
